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Out for a Ride? Try San Gabriel Canyon

San Gabriel River Trail (9/30/17) Steve Shinn

A popular, paved bike/hiking trail that runs 38.6 miles from Azusa to Long Beach is the San Gabriel River Trail.

In places, the trail is speckled (at various times) with fall color, including sycamore, alder, oak and – right now – brilliant red poison oak. While poison oak isn’t something you want to touch, it is beautiful to the eye.

Color spotter Steve Shinn scores a First Report on this route. On Saturday, he rode a 7-mile section of the trail, starting from one of the trail’s parking lots, 14 miles from Azusa, off I-210.

The path Steve took traveled up a gentle grade with “lots of ripe, native Hollyleaf Cherries, some deer, many kinds of birds (Steve saw a Kingfisher working the river), lots of Sister butterflies and others.”

To park, you must have an Adventure Pass on your windshield. Take plenty of water along, as there is no drinking water, just fish, in the river.

San Gabriel River Trail (610′ to 0′) – Patchy (10-50%) – Poison oak are peaking.

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Near Peak Aspen Surround Sorenson’s

Monitor Pass (9/30/17) Steve Greer

A number of information-rich reports arrived this weekend… so many that with other commitments it was difficult getting them up quickly.

Woodford’s Canyon (9/29/17) Steve Greer

Color spotter Steve Greer traveled back from the Eastside, over Monitor Pass, passing Sorenson’s Resort in Woodford’s Canyon, before continuing through the Hope Valley.

Greer concurs with Phillip Reedy’s assessment, that peak is likely a week away in the Hope Valley, although aspen in Woodford’s Canyon near Sorenson’s Resort are now Near Peak.

He also notes that the aspen seem to be so healthy in this area (not what they were last year at this time) of the Northern Sierra (CA-88) that the show should be bright and vibrant.

Greer took the drone shot (above) from the summit of Monitor Pass, providing a glimpse of the overall “patchy” condition of the weathered aspen at that elevation.

Woodford’s Canyon (9/30/17) Steve Greer

Monitor Pass (8,314′) – Patchy (10-50%)

Woodford’s Canyon (7,000′) – Near Peak (50-75%) GO NOW!

Hope Valley (7,300′) – Patchy (10-50%)

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Enjoy Magazine IDs Northstate Spots

Brewer’s Oak (Unknown Date) Jay Thesken | Enjoy

Papoose Pass, Davis Gulch and Sacramento Ditch are three new fall color locations identified by Shasta Cascade native plant experts in the latest issue of Enjoy magazine.

Laura Christman’s article leads off with the above photo of Brewer’s Oak (rarely published here), reinforces what we espouse about California Fall Color, then lists places to see great fall color up north. CLICK HERE to read it.

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On The Go with John Hamilton

KGO-AM810 On The Go

This morning, the 50,000 watts of KGO-AM810 (San Francisco) sent word of California Fall Color far and wide over travel broadcaster John Hamilton’s program “On The Go.” To hear the program, CLICK HERE.

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